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To: Yo-Yo

“I guess we can’t call it “Glock Leg” anymore.”

Lots of guns are now unsafe since popular consensus was that a manual safety was no longer needed. The “Just keep your damned finger off the f***** trigger!” crowd started making guns.


7 posted on 05/05/2023 8:20:13 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: CodeToad
Lots of guns are now unsafe since popular consensus was that a manual safety was no longer needed. The “Just keep your damned finger off the f***** trigger!” crowd started making guns.

I don't have an issue with modern striker fired pistols with at least a 4 1/2 lb trigger pull not having a safety.

But I'd never carry a 1911 with a 2 1/2 lb trigger without having a safety.

Revolvers with a 10+ lb double action trigger pull weren't a problem (except for the Barneys of the world...)

But to your point, some informal studies have shown that if an officer loses control of his weapon, if the firearm has a safety then it takes longer for the perp to figure out how to fire it.

22 posted on 05/05/2023 8:28:59 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: CodeToad

I guess I’m just old school. I could never figure out why a trigger safety was a “safety”.


38 posted on 05/05/2023 9:30:53 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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